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"Apple iPhone, iPad sales higher than expected, says analyst: Looking for sales to beat expectations, J.P. Morgan has increased its forecast for both the iPhone and iPad for the first quarter of the year." CNET News 8:20 AM

"More on Air Display and OS X Lion HiDPI Support with New iPad" Mac|Life 9:48 AM

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"How To check for and disable Java in OS X: Java used to be deeply embedded in OS X, but in recent versions of the OS it's an optional install. Here is How To check to see if it is installed, and How To disable or remove it." MacFixIt 6:27 PM

"Alan Newman mentioned that iCal does not handle Daylight Savings Time correctly. I also live in Arizona and experienced the same iCal and iPhone Calendar event time problems when Daylight Savings went into effect. Some events changed and some didn't. There are several 'time zone' settings that need to be set and the interaction between them all is not very clear.: There is the OS X system setting (Date and Time), there is the top iCal setting, there is an event time zone setting. On the iPhone there is a Settings time zone, a 'clock' time zone, and then there is also event time zones. Keeping all these consistent across platforms is difficult, especially with time updating set to Auto on the iPhone (which lets the cell carrier update the time *and* time zone). The solution, since Apple can't seem to get it right, is to abolish DST. It wastes energy and is no longer applicable or desired by many people." MacInTouch 12:19 PM

"Apple's new iPad Shines: The tech-giant Apple Inc. proved its popularity yet again as the Consumer Reports' list adjudged the 'new iPad' to be number one in the tablet market. Apple won over the allegations of the third generation 4G enabled device emitting excess heat to snatch the top rank." Zacks 8:31 AM

"How To Draw! Review: A little heavy on talking rather than doing, How to Draw! does teach some great skills." 148Apps 2:19 PM

"Mobeat ~ Retro Synth Review: Mobeat ~ Retro Synth is a synthesizer with plenty of options and advanced features to keep experienced musicians satisfied. However, people who lack knowledge of synthesizer should be weary of purchasing it." 148Apps 12:05 PM

"Don't Kill the Squirrel! Review: Drive a car and avoid crashing while dealing with a multitude of distractions." 148Apps 9:09 AM

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"Q: In your recent article about 4G cellular networks, you didn't mention the iPhone. Do you know if the iPhone 4S, which now indicates (on the AT&T version) that you're sometimes on 4G, is actually 4G?" WSJ.com [Paid Membership Required] 8:39 PM

"Intel is wrong about ultrabooks being better than iPads: In a recent interview with PC World, Intel representatives make the bold claim that new ultrabook PCs will outclass current and future iPads. Intel is wrong." CNET Reviews 8:19 PM

"A True Hollywood Story: Readers have been asking me about the news that actor Ashton Kutcher is going to be playing Steve Jobs in an independent movie about the Apple co-founder to be filmed this summer. It's fine with me, I suppose, but if we're going to get all Hollywood about this, the business implications are interesting, especially for Jobs biographer Walter Isaacson, because it probably means a film based on Isaacson's book will never be made." I, Cringely 3:16 PM

"New Intel flash hardness performs faster for less: Intel has a new budget 330-series solid-state drive (SSD) coming on Friday, 13 April, according to Amazon and other online bazaars, and it almost doubles the current 320 SSD's performance." The Register 11:59 AM

"U.S. stocks take modest hit from Fed: U.S. stocks fall Tuesday, with the Dow industrials down for their first session in four, after minutes from the Federal Reserve signaled less of a need for more monetary stimulus." MarketWatch 5:24 PM

"Stocks Finish in the Red: Stocks fell from multiyear highs as the Federal Reserve's most recent policy meeting offered no signals that monetary stimulus is on the way." WSJ.com [Paid Membership Required] 5:25 PM